Reply #2: Excuse me, but while I want Obama in the White House as badly as you do, or perhaps more so,

[MadHound]

I don't think blasting a man for his service in the Navy is a real good thing to do. First of all, military service is indeed a respectable path to follow. Implying that McCain is stupid for not getting out of Vietnam is wrong, first of all, consider when McCain got into the Navy, Vietnam was a little nothing of a conflict that we were hardly into, different times, different decisions. Secondly, it is rather crass of you to blast somebody for deciding to serve their country. In many ways, you are, by extension, blasting every single person who either is or has served their country. And yes, surviving a brutal prison camp is rather heroic, we've granted that status to others who've survived the Bataan death march, the German concentration camps, and other such imprisonment.

Blast McCain for his political career, sure, fair game. But even Obama has praised McCain for service to his country and indeed accorded him hero status for being a POW. Why don't you follow Obama's lead rather than providing more fodder for the neo-cons to use, you know, that meme that says liberals and Democrats hate the military, etc. Otherwise you risk turning yourself into a stereotype.